Saturday, 25 July 2015

DBSO 9714 recently fitted with additional measurement equipment. Originally built as BSO 9536 as a Mk 2f BSO at BR Derby to Lot 30861, entering traffic in June 1974. Converted to DBSO at Glasgow Works in June 1985. Entered test train usage from February 2007, now equipped with generator and blue star multiple working.

999602 is an Ultrasonic Test Coach, originally EMU coach 62483 completed at BR York to Lot 30862 in December 1974.as the last DMS coach for a 4-REP, in unit 3015, and the last Mk 1 coach built. This ran only until November 1986, latterly as unit 2015. Conversion to 999602 UTU2 with Sperry equipment took place in 1988. Notice the SR Mk 6 bogies. Now seen to be UTU3 following a further rebuild about 2013.

BSO 9523, also from BR Derby Lot 30861, entering traffic in June 1974. Since January 2013 operating for Network Rail as a Staff Coach /Brake Force Runner.

The new force in test train operation is Colas Rail, here represented by 37219. New as D6919 from EE Vulcan Foundry in January 1964. Stored by EWS from Janaury 2001, it was at Eastleigh until preserved in 2005, initially at Chasewater. In November 2010 it was at Dereham, Mid Norfolk Railway.

This rail on the track heading towards Salisbury is from BSC (British Steel Co.) Workington in 1977. British Standard BS11 113A is a standard for 113lb/yard flat bottomed rail, now CEN56E1. The rail rolling plant at BSC Workington closed in August 2006, when the mission was transferred to Scunthorpe. Latterly the steel blooms were supplied to Workington from BSC Lackenby, Teesside.

Saturday, 18 July 2015

59003 YEOMAN HIGHLANDER outside of the works. This week's Class 47 arrivals appear to now be inside the works.

Closer detail of 59003.

07007 moves JNA GERS 4417. This wagon is a bogie scrap open converted by WH Davis in 2002, and a recent arrival at the works.

66591 leads 4O14 07:37 Hams Hall - Maritime

All flats on this train were of "Shortliner" FWA Bogie Ecofret Twin Container type, built by Greenbrier in Poland from 2012 to date. Here is 83 70 4520 055-2 and its twin 054-5. More information: onetwothreefourfive

Having arrived earlier, 47790 Galloway Princess and 47841 in the yard at Eastleigh Works, 13th July. Arrival may be for component swapping, using good bogies from 47841, but 47790 is understood to have an engine defect. Image by Ian Knight.

Arrival at Totton Yard. Image by Ian Knight. After arrival a shunt took place where RAUK-1 was shunted from the GBRf operated train, which was already spliced. This was then attached to 56104, which eventually moved it to Cardiff on Saturday 11th.

56104 was built at BR Doncaster and allocated to Tinsley on 21st February 1982 (seen here at completion alongside 55015, then newly defunct). Last BR overhaul was in February 1993, with withdrawal as "surplus to requirements" in February 2004 from Immingham with 10766 engine hours. From October 2005 to January 2007 the locomotive was working on LGV construction in France for Fertis. The recent overhaul by UK Rail Leasing at Leicester installed a zero hours engine.